Rebecca McClanahan Interview at SOUNDINGS magazine with Sydney Elliot
Date: November 10, 2020
A PDF of In the Key of New York City: A Memoir in Essays by Rebecca McClanahan sits on my desk, held together with a big clip. The top page […]
News & Reviews
News:
Rebecca McClanahan Interview at Work-in-Progress’ TBR series with Leslie Pietrzyk
Date: November 10, 2020
TBR [to be read] is a semi-regular, invitation-only interview series with authors of newly released/forthcoming, interesting books who will tell us about their new work as well as offer tips […]
Rebecca McClanahan Interview at Talking River Review with Jennifer Anderson
Date: November 10, 2020
In her new book, In the Key of New York City: A Memoir in Essays, slated for release on September 1, 2020, Rebecca McClanahan recounts the decade that she and […]
Rebecca McClanahan Interview at Hippocampus with Lara Lillibridge
Date: November 10, 2020
I loved In the Key of New York City: A Memoir in Essays. I read The Tribal Knot during my MFA, so it was a treat to read another book […]
Rebecca McClanahan Interview at Brevity Magazine with Nancy Geyer
Date: November 10, 2020
In 1998, with a sublet lined up but without jobs, Rebecca McClanahan and her husband left North Carolina and moved to New York City. They were well into middle age. […]
Siel Ju to read for ZYZZYVA Magazine’s Fall Issue Launch Party with City Lights Bookstore!
Date: November 5, 2020
Join Zyzzyva managing editor Oscar Villalon with Jonathan Escoffery, Wendy C. Ortiz, Siel Ju, Andrés Reconco, Kathleen Mackay, and Nina Revoyr ZYZZYVA closes out its year-long celebration of its 35th anniversary with the publication of Issue No. 119—the […]
WE NEED TO TALK: A MEMOIR ABOUT WEALTH & Jennifer Risher featured in Forbes!
Date: November 4, 2020
Risher’s memoir shares conversations with friends and family and her own inner dialogue, following her evolution after realizing that she and her husband were not just successful professionals but hugely […]
Tess Taylor reading some famous poetry brought to you by All Things Considered!
Date: November 4, 2020
Walt Whitman, Judith Harris And Whitman Again: What To Read On Election Day MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: And now to help you stay steady through this long night, some poetry, […]
F(r)iction Lit interviews Lara Ehrlich about ANIMAL WIFE!
Date: November 4, 2020
While writing this and the next few stories in the collection, I was interested in exploring the threshold between childhood and adulthood and how fraught this period is with anxiety, […]
Jennifer Risher featured at the Bay Area Book Festival!
Date: November 2, 2020
Following her live Women Lit conversation with Robin Richards Donohoe, Jennifer talked with us about the dream of wealth versus the reality, how to do philanthropy right in the midst […]
Reviews:
Christopher Connor of A Few More Words reviews Jim Tilley’s latest poetry collection, WHEN GODOT ARRIVED
Date: September 15, 2026
The possibilities in form throughout one poetry collection feel unimaginably wide. But consistency of form can reveal the true beauty of language, particularly for readers who are otherwise disinclined toward […]
Christopher Connor of A Few More Words reviews Nita Noveno’s latest memoir, MUD ON THE MOON
Date: September 15, 2026
It’s hard to imagine that our parents had lives and told us lies even before we were born. As we ourselves age, the gap widens between what we think we […]
Abrea Armstrong’s FERRY TALES Reviewed by Booklist
Date: September 8, 2026
“Perfect for readers interested in fiction that explores the interconnectedness of Africans at home and in the diaspora across generations.” — Enobong Tommelleo (Booklist Reviewer)
Liz Kay’s FALLOUT Reviewed by Booklist
Date: September 8, 2026
“…this is at heart a multigenerational family saga, set during the Cold War period in U.S. history and beautifully capturing the fear and turmoil people felt then. A great pick […]
North of Oxford reviews Luke Goebel’s latest novel, KILL DICK!
Date: September 1, 2026
Dick Sickler is the direct object in the title of Luke Goebel’s bizarre noir novel, the man “who had helped kill hundreds of thousands of people with opioids,” as Peter […]
Anchorage Daily News reviews Susan Campbell’s debut, THIS FAR NORTH!
Date: September 1, 2026
Two impressive new poetry books by Alaska women bring the fullness of their lives — their griefs, joys and questions — into artful contemplation and play. Both books are the […]
Kristen Millares Young’s DESIRE LINES Gets Starred on Shelf Awareness!
Date: August 4, 2026
Accomplished storyteller Kristen Millares Young’s communion with an ancient mother goddess and her quest to reconcile the incongruities of her “maddening matriarchs” provide an intriguing thematic framework for her first […]
Sundress Reads reviews Abi Pollokoff’s latest poetry collection, NIGHT MYTHS • • BEFORE THE BODY.
Date: August 4, 2026
Abi Pollokoff’s night myths • • before the body (Red Hen Press, 2025) is a tour de force of inventive language. She constructs an incredibly original poetic landscape via fragmentation, […]
North of Oxford reviews David Mason’s latest poetry collection, COLD FIRE!
Date: August 4, 2026
When reading the poetry of Mason, one comes to an understanding of a universality in all things. Similar, yet not, to Spinoza’s philosophy that the universe itself is God and […]
Michelle Sacks’s DANCING AT THE END OF THE WORLD Reviewed By Booklist
Date: August 1, 2026
“Tender and rich in their complexity, Sacks’ stories will remain with readers long after they finish the novel…”